11 Facts About Tex O'Reilly

Edward Sinnott "Tex" O'Reilly was an American soldier of fortune, writer, journalist, and film actor.

Tex O'Reilly is said to have fought in ten wars under many flags.

Tex O'Reilly worked as a reporter for the Associated Press.

Tex O'Reilly wrote an autobiography, Roving and Fighting, and Lowell Thomas wrote Born to Raise Hell about him.

Tex O'Reilly's father worked as a construction worker and the family would frequently move around looking for work.

Tex O'Reilly was once sent into town by his mother when he witnessed a shootout in which seven people were shot.

Tex O'Reilly was enrolled Company B of the 4th Infantry Regiment and sent to Tampa, Florida after training before being deployed to Cuba.

The battle was a failure for the American side and Tex O'Reilly described the chaos the battle degenerated into.

Tex O'Reilly jumped into a trench where a Spanish soldier raised his gun on him, only to be saved at the last second when a Black American soldier killed him at the last second.

Tex O'Reilly's company was stationed in Cuba for another month after the Spanish surrender where he noted that lack of supplies led to soldiers fighting over the few food rations left.

Tex O'Reilly wrote I Am the Woman, and wrote and acted in Honeymoon Ranch, West of the Rio Grande, and On the High Card.